without keys
adj.— «He was homeless—without even a car to sleep in. He was, in homeless parlance—”without keys.”» —“Giving homeless vets new hope” by Louise Continelli Buffalo News (N.Y.) Nov. 28, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tumshie n.— «We are given a blustering blundering tumshie, jingling keys and flapping his arms against his sides like a penguin on ecstasy.» —“Eggs and the oaf” by Mary Lockhart The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland) Mar. 23, 1993. (source: Double-Tongued...
spizzerinctum n.— «The mayor had a vistion,/In his slumbers he was troubled,/Dreamed he saw a huge petition/Signed by more than 80,000/Of the people of they city,/Praying for a referendum./…It was signed by Cephas Wojjers,/ Calthumpian Magruder,/...
spizerinktum n.— «“On to Washington” will be the next keynote of the program next Thursday with old reliable Kiwanian Frank Key furnishing the “spizerinktum.”» —“Kiwanis Club” by Jack Wright, Frank Rogers Morning News (Florence, S.C.) May 25, 1936...
big dance
n.— «He has written a forthcoming book entitled “The Big Dance,” the gang’s code name for the robbery.» —“Key Brink’s Suspect ‘Intelligent’ Radical” Newsday (New York City) Feb. 14, 1986. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
sag wagon n.— «The cyclists said they carry about 10 pounds of weight with them when they ride. The rest of their equipment and belongings travel with Barrett in the support vehicle or “sag” wagon, as they call it.» —“Cyclists visit Waterville en...